Wire-reel



(No Model.) J. W. BUCHANAN.

WIRE REEL.

No. 483,830. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WV. BUCHANAN, OF SMITHVILLE, OHIO.

WIRE- REEL.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,830, dated October4,1892.

Application filed February 2'7, 1892. fierial No. 422,989. (No modeh) ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. BUCHANAN, a c1t1 zen of the United States,and a resident of Smithville, county of Wayne, State of Ohio, havenventeda new and useful Improvement in Wire-Reels, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in w1re-reels; and it consists inproviding a reel that will serve as a swift as well as a reel that willexpand under the weight of the wire to keep the wire taut.

With these ends in view my invention relates to certain features ofconstruction and comb nation of parts, as will be hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings is a View in perspectiveillustrating my invention when used as a swift, having thereon a fullhank or coil of wire. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the swiftexpanded to keep the wire taut; Fig. 3, a similar view showing myinvention when used as a reel; Fig. 4., a similar view showing the reelcollapsed for the removal of the wire.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, in which the invention is arranged for useas a spool or sw ft, from which the wire is taken as required, Arepresents the base, which may be made of any suitable material, havingat its central portion an aperture vertical therethrough to form ajournal-box, in which is placed a vertical spindle B, on which isprovided a fixed head 0 and a sliding adjustable head D. Arms E arepivot-ally secured to the head 0 at one end, the other or free end beingpermitted to vibrate transverse to the head, as hereinafter explained.On the arms E adjustable brackets J are provided, having a portion a,parallel with and resting on the arm E, in which portion is provided anelongated aperture Z1, through which a bolt 0 is passed to secure thebracket to the arm in desired adjustment. The middle portion of thebracket standing at right angles with the arm E will form a shoulder orsupport for the wire, by which the hank or coil is held central to thespindle B, the free ends of the arm E and the free parallel portion ofthe bracket forming a U-shaped receptacle for the wire. The arms E areconnected with the head D by links F, the ends of which are pivotallysecured in the heads, as shown, by which means the arms E may be securedin desired adjustment transverse the head 0 by sliding the head D on thespindle and securing it in desired adjustment by placinga pin in one ofthe perforations (Z in the spindle on each side of the head D; or, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the pin may be removed to allow the weight ofthe wire H, pressing the arms E down, to draw the bracket J outwardly tofollow the coils as they become slack in the course of unwinding, thusforming a gravity tension on the wire, as shown in Fig. 2.

To receive the bundle of wire, the arms E are drawn up toward thespindle and the bundle dropped into the U-shaped receptacle formed bythe outer end of the arm E and the bracket F.

The bracket F may be adjusted longitudinally on the arms E by theaperture 6 and bolt 0 to adapt the reel to difierent sizes of coils ofwire. This, to a certain extent, may be accomplished by adjusting thehead D on the spindle.

For the purpose of reeling wire into hanks or bundles a post K isprovided, the lower end of which is adapted to enter the centralaperture in the base A, having at its upper end an aperture that forms ajournal-box, in which is supported the spindle B in horizontal position,as shown in Fig. 3. The armsE are held at right angles to the spindle bythe adjustment of the head D in the spindle, in which position the headis secured by the pin e. To revolve the reel to take up and form thewire in coils, a crank L is placed on the end of the spindle, as shown.

To remove the coil, the pin a is removed to allow the reel-arms tocollapse or fold in toward the spindle and the coil lifted and carriedaway from the reel.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, whatI claim, and de sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a suitable support,

of a rotary spindle, a head 0, mounted on In testimony whereof I havehereunto set said spindle near one of its end portions, my handthisillth dayof February, A.D. 1892. arms E, pivotally secured to saidhead to vibrate transverse thereto, brackets J, secured JOHN BUCHANAN 5to the arms E to slide thereon, sliding head Witnesses:

D, and links F, connecting the arms with the A'VBRENEMAN, sliding head,substantially as described. S. P. SCHWAMM.

